SSC CGL Tier 1 Answer Key exam 16 August 2016 SSC CGL Tier 1
Exam Answer Key 2016 Download GK Questions for all Sets A, B, C, D
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held on 16 August 2016 provided below, candidates who appeared for
SSC CGL Tier 1 Combined Graduate Level examination 2016 can check their
OMR sheet and question paper here. The Commission will be holding Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2016 for recruitment to different posts The Examination will comprise of two Tiers of Written Objective Type examination followed by Computer Proficiency Test/ Interview/Skill test, wherever applicable as per the Scheme of Examination. Posts have been placed in two groups, inter-alia, based on their Grade Pay and papers in Tier II examination/Interview.

All the candidates who have applied for SSC CGL examination have
attended for the exam on August 9 and August 16. Those candidates who
appeared for the exam today (August 16) in morning shift might be
searching for the Region wisedAnswer Key. We are here to provide you the Answer Key
for SSC CGL Tier 1 August 16 2016 exam. We hope all the candidates
attempted the exam well. We wish good luck for the remaining candidates
who are going to attend for the exam in afternoon session. Here we also
provide you the section-wise exam analysis of SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1 exam.
Here, we are framing out an article analyzing the today’s morning exam
and August 9th exam so that the candidates who are going to attend the
exam today afternoon get prepared well for their SSC CGL exam 2016.

The pattern of the Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level)
Tier I Examination-2016 conducted on August 16, 2016 was similar to the
one conducted last year though the difficulty level of the paper has
decreased marginally. The morning slot (10:00 a.m. to 12 noon) had a
single unique question paper with multiple sets. Overall, the paper was
on the same pattern as last year.
The pattern of the test was as follows:

General Intelligence and Reasoning
In this section, questions were from an array of topics and most of them
had an easy to moderate level of difficulty. As compared to last year,
the Visual Reasoning questions were easier and the options could easily
be negated to reach the correct answer. A student could have easily
attempted approximately 35 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below

Topic

Number of questions

Level of difficulty

Analogy

6

Moderate- difficult

Blood relation

1

Easy

Coding-decoding

6

Easy-Moderate

Cubes/dices

1

Easy

Directions

2

Easy

Matrix based

1

Easy

Meaningful order

2

Easy

Missing number

5

Moderate-difficult

Odd one out

6

Moderate-difficult

Series

4

Easy

Statement-conclusion

2

Easy

Venn diagram

3

Moderate

Visual Reasoning

8

Moderate

Word formation

3

Easy

General Awareness
This section was moderately difficult. As usual, maximum questions were
from Science section (19 in all), which were of high level of
difficulty. Geography was quantitatively second in number, having 9
questions. History was third with 8 questions while Economics had 6
questions and Polity had 5 questions. There were 3 questions from
Miscellaneous GK. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last
year, but there were some tricky questions especially in Science and
Geography section. A student could have easily attempted approximately
20 questions in this section.
The split -up of questions, section wise, is as follows:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

History

8

Easy

Geography

9

Moderate-Difficult

Polity

5

Easy-Moderate

Economics

6

Easy-Moderate

Biology

9

Difficult

Chemistry

5

Difficult

Physics

1

Difficult

Computer

2

Moderate-Difficult

Ecology/Environment

2

Difficult

Miscellaneous GK

3

Easy

Quantitative Aptitude:
The section comprised questions from a variety of topics. Unlike last
year, this year’s section was dominated by Arithmetic and Geometry.
There was one question of Time and Work, in which none of the options
were correct. A student could have easily attempted approximately 35-38
questions in this section.

English Comprehension
A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under
Vocabulary and Grammar. In Vocabulary, there were questions on Antonyms,
Synonyms, One word Substitution, Sentence Correction, Spot the Error
and Fill in the Blanks. In Grammar, there were questions on Sentence
Correction, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks. There were 2 Reading
Comprehension Passages with
5 questions each. A student could have easily attempted 35-38 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Vocabulary

19

Easy

Idioms and Phrases

5

Easy

Grammar

14

Easy

Reading Comprehension

10

Easy-Moderate

Spellings

2

Easy

SSC CGL TIER 1 AFTERNOON SHIFT EXAM ANALYSIS:

The pattern of the test was as follows:

SSC CGL 2016 16 August Morning Shift Exam paper wise Analysis

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SSC CGL examination includes 3 levels of
Tier I, Tier II and Tier III. The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam is an objective
paper conducted for a total of 200 marks. The students will be required
to attempt 4 sections which include questions on Arithmetic, Reasoning,
General Awareness and English. General Intelligence and Reasoning would
include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This may include
questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space
visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment,
decision making, visual memory etc.